Argentina

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Court of Appeals rules in favor of most crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747

  

  An Argentine court of appeals Tuesday ruled that the ban from leaving the country on 12 of the 19 crewmembers of the Venezuelan freighter seized at the Ezeiza International Airport must be reviewed at the earliest.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 19:10 UTC

  Emergency operator gets threatening call against Argentine VP

  

  Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti ordered security forces to up their precautions around Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), who received a threatening phone call late Monday.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Massa clinches IMF deal pending board approval

  

  Argentina's Superminister Sergio Massa and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristialina Georgieva Monday reached an agreement for a US$ 4 billion loan for the country's Central Bank (BCRA).

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Influencer's conviction for meddling with Argentine First Lady upheld

  

  Argentine influencer Eduardo Miguel Prestofelippo's sentence to 30 days' house arrest for harassing First Lady Fabiola Yáñez has been upheld Monday. As a result of the measure, the convicted felon is to wear an ankle device for the duration of his sentence.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 08:34 UTC

  Rio Santiago shipyards working on amphibious toward state ownership

  

  The Argentine Rio Santiago Shipyards (ARS) are making plans to build a unit for the local Navy, which might turn out to be an amphibious ship of the LPD (Landing Platform Dock) type or a tank landing ship of the LST (Landing Ship Tank) type, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Argentina formalizes its BRICS membership application

  

  Argentina has sent a BRICS' formal membership application to Chinese authorities this week. Beijing since last June current holds the chair of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South African powerful trade and cooperation block

• Sunday, September 11th 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Argentina rejects Falklands’ “illegitimate stand” in Montevideo; British authorities responded

  

  Argentina rejected on Saturday the presence of a stand of the “illegitimate government” of the Falkland Islands, for which it maintains a sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom, at the agro-industrial fair Expo Prado, held in Montevideo, according to a statement released by the Argentine Foreign Ministry.

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Macri's security team files case over Twitter user threats

  

  Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri's security team filed this week a complaint before the Judiciary after a Twitter user posted threatening messages from the @Luisanfer2442 account that has been suspended.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Bullrich to run in next year's Argentine primaries no matter what

  

  PRO Chairwoman Patricia Bullrich has made it clear she will run for president of Argentina next year even if her former boss Mauricio Macri himself decides to enter the race.

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Córdoba's Neonatal Maternal Hospital: janitors find 12-week fetus

  

  Maintenance workers at Córdoba's Neonatal Maternal Hospital found the remains of a fetus in a septic chamber, it was reported Wednesday. It is the same healthcare facility where at least 5 newborns died in mysterious circumstances earlier this year and for which a nurse has been arrested last month.